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We didn’t even need to see the Essentials List before we knew that we’d be reading this one. Join us to discuss this all-timer, and share the story with the whole family with our collection of Huckleberry Finn adaptations suitable for readers of all ages!

The short description is "A rollicking feminist tale set in 1950s America where thousands of women have spontaneously transformed into dragons". 10/10 Perfect. No notes. It's a book about rage, memory, and violently enforced limitations where women are forced to stay small - crushed and crushed until the pressure causes them to explode into the […]

We're all familiar with the story of American desegration in the South, but many fewer of us are as familiar with what desegration looked like in relatively "progressive" places like Boston. Hint: it wasn't good. Set against the hot, tumultuous months when the city’s desegregation of its public schools exploded in violence, Small Mercies is […]

Taylor Jenkins Reid comes back onto the scene with another heartbreaker - this time set against the backdrop of early-space-age Houston. It's space month, y'all! Come cry with us!

We continue space month with Orbital, the spectacular novel by Samantha Harvey, in which she looks at us and our planet through the eyes of astronauts orbiting. It's gorgeous, and like 130 pages. Definitely read this one! About the Book: A slender novel of epic power and the winner of the Booker Prize 2024, Orbital deftly snapshots […]

This month, Story Line Books is diving into American Pastoral by Philip Roth — a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel that explores family, identity, and the unraveling of the American dream. We’ll gather to share thoughts, questions, and insights in a welcoming, conversational setting. Whether you’ve read Roth before or are picking him up for the first […]